Credit Notes

Create a new Credit Note

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Create a new Credit Note

post/credit-notes

Request

  • Base URL
    https://sandbox.sequencehq.com/api
  • URL
    https://sandbox.sequencehq.com/api/credit-notes
  • Auth
    none declared. Required headers: Authorization

Headers

Authorizationstring required

Your API credentials. Eg. Basic {credentials}.

sequence-version'2024-07-30'

Use this header to select an API version

Request body

invoiceIdstring

Invoice ID

currency'AED' | 'ARS' | 'AUD' | 'BRL' | 'BGN' | 'CAD' | 'CHF' | 'CLP' | 'CNY' | 'COP' | 'CZK' | 'DKK' | 'EGP' | 'EUR' | 'GBP' | 'HKD' | 'ILS' | 'INR' | 'ISK' | 'JPY' | 'KRW' | 'MXN' | 'NOK' | 'NZD' | 'PLN' | 'SAR' | 'SEK' | 'SGD' | 'THB' | 'USD' | 'UYU' | 'ZAR' required
billingPeriodStartstring

Billing period start

billingPeriodEndstring

Billing period end

purchaseOrderNumberstring

Purchase order number

customerIdstring required

The ID of the Customer this Credit Note is linked to

customerEmailsstring[]

Customer's email addresses, used for sending the Credit Note if provided

customerLegalCompanyNamestring

Customer's legal company name

memostring

Credit Note memo

customerTaxIdstring

Customer's tax ID

accountingDatestring

Accounting date

Example request

{
  "invoiceId": "af60cab3-812d-4250-a051-0fb7133a00c7",
  "currency": "GBP",
  "billingPeriodStart": "2022-10-01T00:00:00Z",
  "billingPeriodEnd": "2022-10-30T00:00:00Z",
  "purchaseOrderNumber": "PO123",
  "customerId": "61b083e0-1faa-47ca-9aeb-6205da8f6c47",
  "customerEmails": [
    "customer@example.com",
    "customer.alias@example.com"
  ],
  "customerLegalCompanyName": "Facebook",
  "customerBillingAddress": {
    "line1": "Flat 1",
    "line2": "15 Yemen Road",
    "town": "Yemen",
    "state": "CA",
    "postcode": "YE1 2YE",
    "country": "YE"
  },
  "customerShippingAddress": {
    "line1": "742 Evergreen Terrace",
    "town": "Springfield",
    "state": "CA",
    "postcode": "12345",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "memo": "Thanks",
  "metadata": [
    {
      "key": "example-label",
      "value": "label-value"
    }
  ],
  "customerTaxId": "TAX123",
  "accountingDate": "2025-08-29"
}

Response

Created

idstring required

Credit Note ID

sequenceAccountIdstring required

Sequence Account ID

status'DRAFT' | 'FINAL' | 'IN_PROGRESS' | 'SENT' | 'VOIDED' required
invoiceIdstring

Invoice ID

invoiceNumberstring

Invoice Number

billingScheduleIdstring

Subscription ID

currency'AED' | 'ARS' | 'AUD' | 'BRL' | 'BGN' | 'CAD' | 'CHF' | 'CLP' | 'CNY' | 'COP' | 'CZK' | 'DKK' | 'EGP' | 'EUR' | 'GBP' | 'HKD' | 'ILS' | 'INR' | 'ISK' | 'JPY' | 'KRW' | 'MXN' | 'NOK' | 'NZD' | 'PLN' | 'SAR' | 'SEK' | 'SGD' | 'THB' | 'USD' | 'UYU' | 'ZAR' required
issueDatestring

Issue date

billingPeriodStartstring

Billing period start

billingPeriodEndstring

Billing period end

creditNoteNumberstring

Credit Note number

purchaseOrderNumberstring

Purchase order number

customerIdstring required

The ID of the Customer this Credit Note is linked to

customerEmailsstring[] required

Customer's email addresses, used for sending the Credit Note if provided

customerLegalCompanyNamestring required

Customer's legal company name

memostring

Credit Note memo

totalTaxstring required

Total tax, in decimal format of the Credit Note's currency

netTotalstring required

Net total, in decimal format of the Credit Note's currency

grossTotalstring required

Gross total, in decimal format of the Invoice's currency

customerTaxIdstring

Customer's tax ID

applicationStatus'UNAPPLIED' | 'PARTIALLY_APPLIED' | 'FULLY_APPLIED' | 'UNKNOWN'
balancestring

Credit still available to apply, in decimal format of the Credit Note's currency. Omitted for credit notes with no ledger balance

balanceVersioninteger

Ledger version of the balance. Advances each time the balance changes; required when applying this Credit Note to an Invoice. Omitted for credit notes with no ledger balance

accountingDatestring

Accounting date

Example response

{
  "id": "af60cab3-812d-4250-a051-0fb7133a00c7",
  "sequenceAccountId": "68233908-402a-43b4-8952-1c2ab0ef0b25",
  "status": "SENT",
  "invoiceId": "af60cab3-812d-4250-a051-0fb7133a00c7",
  "invoiceNumber": "INV00001",
  "billingScheduleId": "fe2fcd0b-4c53-45c7-b2ae-b6c1a7d21e95",
  "currency": "GBP",
  "issueDate": "2022-09-15",
  "billingPeriodStart": "2022-10-01T00:00:00Z",
  "billingPeriodEnd": "2022-10-30T00:00:00Z",
  "creditNoteNumber": "CN00001",
  "purchaseOrderNumber": "PO123",
  "customerId": "61b083e0-1faa-47ca-9aeb-6205da8f6c47",
  "customerEmails": [
    "customer@example.com",
    "customer.alias@example.com"
  ],
  "customerLegalCompanyName": "Facebook",
  "customerBillingAddress": {
    "line1": "Flat 1",
    "line2": "15 Yemen Road",
    "town": "Yemen",
    "state": "CA",
    "postcode": "YE1 2YE",
    "country": "YE"
  },
  "customerShippingAddress": {
    "line1": "742 Evergreen Terrace",
    "town": "Springfield",
    "state": "CA",
    "postcode": "12345",
    "country": "US"
  },
  "memo": "Thanks",
  "totalTax": "2.50",
  "netTotal": "51.20",
  "grossTotal": "101.23",
  "metadata": [
    {
      "key": "example-label",
      "value": "label-value"
    }
  ],
  "customerTaxId": "TAX123",
  "linkedServices": [
    {
      "externalId": "123",
      "externalService": "Xero",
      "syncTime": "2022-06-28T16:47:00Z",
      "externalUrl": "https://invoicing.xero.com/view/85e52542-3e54-4f0d-872b-33bba11a0504"
    }
  ],
  "applicationStatus": "PARTIALLY_APPLIED",
  "balance": "51.23",
  "balanceVersion": 3,
  "applications": [
    {
      "invoiceId": "af60cab3-812d-4250-a051-0fb7133a00c7",
      "invoiceNumber": "INV00001",
      "amount": "50.00",
      "appliedAt": "2022-10-14T12:34:56Z"
    }
  ],
  "merchantDetails": {
    "address": {
      "line1": "The White House",
      "line2": "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue",
      "town": "Washington, D.C.",
      "state": "CA",
      "postcode": "20500",
      "country": "US"
    },
    "phoneNumber": "0800001066",
    "email": "donald@example.com",
    "taxId": "TAX60",
    "iban": "GB33BUKB20201555555555",
    "ukAccountDetails": {
      "sortCode": "000000",
      "accountNumber": "12345678"
    },
    "usAchDetails": {
      "accountNumber": "12345678",
      "accountName": "John Doe",
      "bankName": "Chase",
      "bankRoutingNumber": "123456789"
    },
    "usWireDetails": {
      "accountNumber": "12345678",
      "accountName": "John Doe",
      "bankName": "Chase",
      "bankRoutingNumber": "123456789",
      "swiftCode": "CHASUS33",
      "bankAddress": {
        "line1": "JP Morgan Chase",
        "town": "New York City",
        "state": "NY",
        "postcode": "10017",
        "country": "US"
      }
    },
    "caBankAccountDetails": {
      "transitNumber": "123",
      "institutionNumber": "12345",
      "accountNumber": "1234567"
    },
    "canadianInternationalDestination": {
      "legalName": "John Doe",
      "accountNumber": "12345678",
      "transitNumber": "12345",
      "bankName": "Chase",
      "bankAddress": {
        "line1": "JP Morgan Chase",
        "town": "New York City",
        "state": "NY",
        "postcode": "10017",
        "country": "US"
      },
      "institutionNumber": "123",
      "swiftCode": "CHASUS33",
      "intermediaryBank": {
        "bankName": "Chase",
        "bankAddress": {
          "line1": "JP Morgan Chase",
          "town": "New York City",
          "state": "NY",
          "postcode": "10017",
          "country": "US"
        },
        "swiftCode": "CHASUS33",
        "routingNumber": "123456789"
      }
    },
    "australianDestination": {
      "legalName": "John Doe",
      "accountNumber": "12345678",
      "swiftCode": "CHASUS33",
      "bsb": "123456"
    },
    "swedishBankgiroDestination": {
      "bankgiroNumber": "123-4567",
      "accountName": "12345678"
    },
    "logoUrl": "logo",
    "legalCompanyName": "The Merchant",
    "primaryColour": "#000000",
    "customFields": [
      {
        "key": "example-label",
        "value": "label-value"
      }
    ],
    "includeBeneficiaryAddressInPaymentDetails": true
  },
  "settings": {
    "generateCashCreditGrant": "ENABLED"
  },
  "accountingDate": "2022-09-30"
}

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